Grace Abels

LGBTQ+ Reporter @PolitiFact 🌈
Duke 22' grad 💙
Durham, NC native 🐂

[Grace Abels @AbelsGrace]

“Gender dysphoria.” It might be one of those phrases you think you understand, but aren’t quite sure.... PolitiFact tackles the topic: What is gender dysphoria? Is it a mental illness? What does the medical community say? Read my story here! @PolitiFact https://t.co/SJ4eZI3uO5

[International Fact-Checking Network @factchecknet]

Today is International Fact-Checking Day!

We celebrate everyone who seeks facts, shares them, and pushes back against falsehoods — not just fact-checkers, but all who help keep public discourse grounded in facts. #FactsMatter today and every day. #FactCheckingDay

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Donald Trump shared its post of AI-generated images of Taylor Swift. Elon Musk has amplified its posts to his 218 million followers. Top Trump administration officials follow it.

Here’s what we know about the anonymous “Amuse” X account followed some of the country’s most powerful decision-makers. 🧵

[Grace Abels @AbelsGrace]

My latest fact-check with @AmySherman1 and @PolitiFact. https://t.co/sZ882WPpLZ

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is arguing about semantics when he said “nobody was texting war plans.” Technically, there is no Defense Department definition of a “war plan.” However, the messages included operational details about an upcoming attack. https://t.co/yeMHJntPiL

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said people possess either XX or XY chromosomes. That’s wrong; people who have medical conditions including Klinefelter Syndrome, Turner Syndrome, Triple X Syndrome and Jacob’s Syndrome have other chromosomal combinations. https://t.co/apdbYN3b6x

[Grace Abels @AbelsGrace]

President Donald Trump’s executive order on trans youth is full of misleading claims about gender-affirming care. Here’s the facts. @PolitiFact
https://t.co/lHHwWetUsy

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In a year of inflammatory rhetoric and shocking moments, one repeated falsehood resonated with both PolitiFact journalists and readers as the most significant falsehood of 2024.

Our 2024 Lie of the Year goes to Donald Trump and JD Vance’s outrageous claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating cats and dogs. 🧵

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We don't usually do this, but the DNC lie of the night? Rumors of a Beyoncé appearance.

Take it from the fact-checkers: You can’t bey-lieve everything you read online — especially if it doesn’t have named sources. https://t.co/BFsLv2uFxW

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Former President Donald Trump will be interviewed by reporters at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) conference in Chicago on Wednesday.

Our partners at @PolitiFact will have live fact-checking of the interview. https://t.co/evlNXsm7GQ

[Grace Abels @AbelsGrace]

Follow PolitiFact's live fact-checking of tonight's debate! ✅
https://t.co/HL5e96nlRP

[Grace Abels @AbelsGrace]

Had a lot of fun reporting this story on Bostock v. Clayton County and looking closer at how this one SCOTUS case is reshaping LGBTQ+ rights! 🌈 Read @PolitiFact ✅ https://t.co/w5RU7CK082

[Madison Czopek @MadisonCzopek]

Within hours, misinformers blamed Ukraine and Israel for the Baltimore bridge collapse. For @PolitiFact, I investigated how that happened and who was behind the most viral claims.

Paid users on this platform played a key role.
https://t.co/CZTCY74rpZ

[Adam Lankford @adamwlankford]

No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism.'

I was happy to speak with @AbelsGrace about this to help correct some misconceptions.

https://t.co/YjHYBLEKXq

[Grace Abels @AbelsGrace]

Florida’s highway safety department made it impossible for transgender people to change whether they are identified as “M” or “F” on existing driver’s licenses. Here’s what we know, and don’t know, about this change. @PolitiFact https://t.co/Aiie2lLQ86

[Grace Abels @AbelsGrace]

Local city ordinances don’t often make national news. But claims that a city in Tennessee banned “being gay in public” caught our attention. The story is not as simple as some make it seem. Read the latest @PolitiFact. https://t.co/pYzDN1j3wr

[Grace Abels @AbelsGrace]

It's #GivingTuesday, on this fabulous day of generosity, please consider donating to @PolitiFact ✅ It is a great way to support journalism and help create an online and political ecosystem where facts matter.
Give now to invest in fact-checking: https://t.co/2liZpiPDui

[Grace Abels @AbelsGrace]

After the rise of Rep. Mike Johnson to House speaker, claims began to circulate about his past work for the Alliance Defending Freedom, which has been labeled a “hate group.” We examined Johnson’s involvement and the evidence behind this label. @PolitiFact
https://t.co/ZhXDTSGvbg

[Grace Abels @AbelsGrace]

I worked on this story for over a month and it is finally live! Go ahead and give it a read 😁

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Claims and conspiracy theories about former President Barack Obama's sexuality began recirculating in August after a magazine published an interview with an Obama biographer. PolitiFact explored the roots of this narrative and why it spread again. https://t.co/d0j6KsyyyC

[Grace Abels @AbelsGrace]

An Instagram post claimed “gender transition surgery” had been “banned” for minors in 5 European countries. @PolitiFact found gender-affirming surgeries are not legally “banned” as in some parts of the US, but several countries limit access for minors https://t.co/orndSVu2cd

[Grace Abels @AbelsGrace]

With outrage on all sides, it is difficult to get to the truth about gender-affirming care for youth. Are puberty blockers chemical castration? Or are they just a pause button? @PolitiFact breaks it down.
https://t.co/bSJmHiNSx5